Shloka 92

Rāma’s Meeting with Agastya: Gift-Ethics (Dāna) and the Tale of King Śveta

Devanagari script

दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्त्वा महावने । शुभं तु भवनं प्राप्तो ब्रह्मलोकमनामयम्

Transliteration

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastaptvā mahāvane | śubhaṃ tu bhavanaṃ prāpto brahmalokamanāmayam

Translation

မဟာတော၌ နှစ်တစ်သောင်းကြာ တပသ်ကို ဆောင်ရွက်ပြီးနောက်၊ သူသည် မင်္ဂလာရှိသော နေရာတော်ကို ရောက်ရှိခဲ့၏—ဗြဟ္မလောက—အနာမယ (ရောဂကင်း) သော ဗြဟ္မာ၏ လောကတော်။

Word by Word

• daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: ten thousand years
• daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); dvigu-samāsa functioning as measure of time

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• taptvā: having performed (austerity)
• taptvā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), from √tap ‘to perform austerity/heat’; expresses prior action

• mahā-vane: in the great forest
• mahā-vane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with bhavanam

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• bhavanam: abode/house
• bhavanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāptaḥ: (I) attained/reached
• prāptaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with implied ‘aham’

• brahma-lokam: Brahma-world
• brahma-lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• anāmayam: free from disease/sorrow
• anāmayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with brahmalokam

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context not provided for dialogue attribution)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: daśavarṣasahasrāṇi = daśa+varṣa+sahasrāṇi (dvigu); tapastaptvā = tapaḥ+taptvā (visarga sandhi); brahmalokamanāmayam = brahma-lokam+anāmayam (m+a sandhi).

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the result of prolonged tapas (austerity)?

It presents tapas as a transformative discipline whose fruit can be ascent to higher cosmic realms—here, an auspicious and affliction-free Brahmaloka—implying moral and spiritual refinement through sustained practice.

What is Brahmaloka in the Padma Purana’s cosmological language?

Brahmaloka is the realm associated with Brahmā, depicted as a higher, auspicious plane of existence. In Purāṇic cosmology it represents elevated merit and spiritual attainment rather than ordinary earthly reward.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson emphasized by “anāmayam” (free from affliction)?

The term highlights that the goal is not merely relocation to a higher world, but entry into a state characterized by freedom from suffering and disturbance—suggesting inner purification as the essence of the reward.